This summer on the way home from the RA rally I decided that Id had enough being away from home and decided to get back. I left Kansas City near the Garmin Facory and headed home. 970 miles. Left at 7am Kansas time and got home about 10:30 Denver NC time.
Ive done a couple of 1000 miles in 24 hour days to get Iron Butt certified but those were planned and really were not a huge deal. That 970 coming home was tough. I was a little punchy when I got home.

In a 2005 long distance trial run I ran from Gastonia NC to Devils Tower Wyoming, 1835 mi in 23 hrs 35min. I was riding a FZ-1 set up for Iron Butt rallys with a 10.5 gallon fuel cell. It was the longest of several rides I have done over the last 6 years on the same bike. Here is a picture of the bike as it was set up in 2005.]

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Did you submit that ride to the IBA for certification? I couldn't fin an FZ-1 doing a BBG of 1835 miles on the IBA rides adnn rules site

What ride certificate were you awarded ?

When I calculated your route on the map I got 1746 miles not 1835 miles did you ride a non direct route for some special reason?

The IBA rules for fuel tankage is no more than 11.5 gallons in total so why did you run a 10.5 gallon fuel cell, since your total fuel capacity would be 5.6 gallons plus the 10.5 gallon cell, for a total capacity of 16.1 gallons

Your overall average speed at 1835 miles would be 77.8091 mph, considering you would have to make at least 5 fuel stops at 12 minutes each your riding time would be reduced to 22:35 and your moving average speed would increase to 81.2546 mph.

that rule is for the Ironbutt Rally, not individual rides that you can do anytime, they also state on the IBA website that rides of more than 1800 miles in less than 24 hrs will NOT be published
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Well actually how it works is on IBA documented rides is that a rider must get a gas receipt at least every 300 miles and
that gas tankage is not restricted.

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Receipts

WARNING: If your motorcycle is equipped with a large fuel-tank, please note that you must stop at least once every 300 miles for gas (this is purely for documentation for your ride). Although we know it is possible to ride greater distances non-stop, we will not accept a claim of this type.

1800+ miles

Riding distances over 1800 miles are shown as 1800 + miles

STEP ONE, Choose a route

Your ride needs to be completely documented (steps outlined below) and cover a minimum distance of 1,500 miles in 24 hours or less. In order to keep these rides from becoming a race, mileages in excess of 1,800 miles in less than 24 hours will be published as 1,800+ on the Iron Butt Association web site.

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What piqued my curiosity on this ride was that I could not find an 1800+ BBG completed by a rider on an FZ-1 listed on the IBA completed ride list

Your ride needs to be completely documented (steps outlined below) and cover a minimum distance of 1,500 miles in 24 hours or less. In order to keep these rides from becoming a race, mileages in excess of 1,800 miles in less than 24 hours will be published as 1,800+ on the Iron Butt Association web site.

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IBA Website has conflicting info on the SS1k page I referred to and the BBG page you refered to

Your ride needs to be completely documented (steps outlined below) and cover a minimum distance of 1,000 miles in 24 hours or less (SaddleSore 1000), or 1,500 miles in 36 hours or less (Bun Burner). In order to keep these rides from becoming a race, mileages in excess of 1,800 miles in less than 24 hours will not be published.

Your ride needs to be completely documented (steps outlined below) and cover a minimum distance of 1,500 miles in 24 hours or less. In order to keep these rides from becoming a race, mileages in excess of 1,800 miles in less than 24 hours will be published as 1,800+ on the Iron Butt Association web site.

Now I'm confused ....must i attain a gas receipt every 300 or 350 miles?

The answer is critical to me as I'm in the of planning a cert. ride right now.

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We realize the need to clean up the Web site a bit. Sorry about that.

You need to submit sufficient documentation to demonstrate you rode the ride you claim. In addition to any other documentation points your route requires, you need to obtain a receipt at least every 350 miles.

I am just curious to see how far one can travel in one day....snipped...

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Mileage is not necessarily the "longest" day. I've ridden 1200-1500 miles several times. It was tiring but nowhere near the effort that I had when I blindly followed my GPS to NF Road 150 in the Gila NF (New Mexico).

39 miles of badly washboarded road and creekbed on a fully loaded C14. It was, by far, the hardest day of riding I've had in over 300,000 miles of riding. I even splurged on a hotel in Silver City to "celebrate".

30.00 miles approximately in Stroudsburg and DWG Pa. one afternoon, partially from getting lost from 7th st. bridge closure and new rt. 209 interchange. Actually, I knew where I was (on my dr650), but someone put everything else in the wrong place.